Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bell(iciae?) Avetae

Name (citation form)Aueta
SourceIII 4929, ILLPRON 806
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Sankt Michael am Zollfeld
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aui- 'wish, desire'
NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143
Second element
Suffixta
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldWish
Other
Relations(H) Tiberius Iulius Senecio, (S) Tiberius Iulius Asprenas, Tiberius Iulius Iulianus
General notesThe orthographic vacillation of i and e is often found in Latin inscriptions.
Other attestationsPAN 2 (CIL III 3361, CSIRÖ I/5, Sav. 23) NOR 3 (CIL III 5495, RISt 278, 322) AQV 5 (CIL XIII 664, 665, 666, 772, 1207), Avet(a) NOR 1 (Leber 208) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 1611).
Secondary literatureNPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor 233